Chapter 383

O'er the hills and far away.

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How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away.

FABLES.

_The Shepherd and the Philosopher_.

Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?

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_The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy_.

When yet was ever found a mother Who'd give her booby for another?

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_The Sick Man and the Angel_.

While there is life there's hope, he cried.

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_The Hare and Many Friends_.

And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place.

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_Epitaph on Himself_.

Life's a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, and now I know it.

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LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE. 1690-1762.

_The Lady's Resolve_.

Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide-- In part she is to blame that has been tried; He comes too near, that comes to be denied.

NICHOLAS ROWE. 1673-1718.

_The Fair Penitent_.